Laura Hillenbrand is the best selling author of Seabiscuit: An American Legend—the story of racehorse Seabiscuit, his owner and the times. She’s written a new book titled Unbroken, A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption that arose out of the research she did for Seabiscuit. We talk about her latest book.

Sarah Meyers is the Senior Manager for Communications for the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) happening in Las Vegas January 6-9, 2011. The CES is the largest electronics show of its kind and showcases the latest technology soon to hit retail store shelves. We discuss what’s hot and what’s not at the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show.

Paul Blumenthal is the senior writer at the Sunlight Foundation—a non-profit covering influence in politics. He explains why President Obama’s appointment of William Daley as White House Chief-of-Staff is a bad decision for the American people.

Here is the lineup of guests on BRAINSTORMIN’ with Billy the Brain for Friday, January 7, 2011. Listen at www.BrainstorminOnline.com or on AM 1400 in Ventura at 10 o’clock am Pacific time.

Warren Bennis is the recognized authority on leadership. Business Week named him one of ten business school professors “who have had the greatest influence on business thinking.” The Financial Times declared his classic book, Leaders, one of the top fifty books of all time. He reviews his 50+year career as one of the giants of leadership from his latest book titled, Still Surprised.

Maribeth Kuzmeski is the leader of Red Zone Marketing, a consulting firm. We discuss leading customer satisfaction from her latest book titled, …And the Clients Went Wild!: How Savvy Professionals Win All the Business They Want.